Given name & surname · also Hungarian
Pinter
“cooper”
Pinter is a surname from Hungarian (ultimately German).
Original HungarianPintér
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pinter goes back to Hungarian Pintér, meaning “cooper.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Pinter comes from Hungarian, and ultimately from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Pinter as a surname developed from BINDER.
Pinter’s family of names
In English usage, Pinter as a surname developed from the German form BINDER. In English usage, Pinter as a surname was borrowed from the Hungarian form Pintér. In Greek usage, Pinter as a surname is a transliteration of Πίντερ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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